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Class Matters: An Overview
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ABOUT THE SERIES
A team of reporters spent more than a year exploring ways that class - defined as a combination of income, education, wealth and occupation - influences destiny in a society that likes to think of itself as a land of unbounded opportunity. • Day 1: Overview • Day 2: Health • Day 3: Marriage • Day 4: Religion • Day 5: Education • Day 6: Immigration • Day 7: New Status Markers • Day 8: The 'Relo' Class • Day 9: The Hyper-Rich • Day 10: Class and Culture • Day 11: Up From the Projects
Times Books will publish the Class Matters series as a paperback in September. A limited number of newspaper reprints are available for $2.50 per copy. To order the reprint, call 1-800-671-4332.
 Teacher Resources Lesson plans based on this series and more for the classroom, from The Learning Network. |
OVERVIEW Shadowy Lines That Still Divide By JANNY SCOTT and DAVID LEONHARDT This series does not purport to be the last word on class. It offers no nifty formulas for pigeonholing people. Instead, it represents an inquiry into class as Americans encounter it. • Multimedia & Graphics From This Series • Interactive Graphics: Where Do You Fit In? | Poll Results • Bibliography: Selected Readings Related to This Series INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC A Closer Look at Income Mobility By DAVID LEONHARDT The movement of families up and down the economic ladder is the promise that lies at the heart of the American dream. But it does not seem to be happening quite as often as it used to. • Go to Interactive Graphic ESSAYS Encounters With Class Christopher Buckley, Richard Price, Diane McWhorter, Linda Chavez and David Levering Lewis describe their encounters with class. • Forum: Share Your Encounters With Class |
 Discuss Class in America What role do you think class plays in American life? • All Class Matters Forums • Discussion Highlights • Editorial | Letters • Bob Herbert: Mobility Myth Advertisement
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